Piltdown Superman

Many disparate cultures around the world have legends about a world-destroying flood, usually brought about because deities were punishing human wickedness. There were only a few survivors. That in itself seems remarkable, but sometimes the details and their correlations with Noah's Ark and the Genesis Flood are rather startling at times. There are people who falsely claim that the flood story in the  Epic of Gilgamesh  was stolen by the Hebrews who lived not all that far away, but that can be dismissed through the cold light of reason. What about all those other stories? The Great Flood  / Artist unknown / 15th century The Native American tribes didn't have contact with the Hebrews. In fact, some tribes lived in close proximity to each other but still had different languages and cultures. How did the similarities happen despite cultures, languages and distances? Like unbelievers presuppose atheism and naturalism, Bible believers presuppose the truth of the Bible. Historical e

In the first part of this series , we considered Flood legends from indigenous peoples of the continental United States area. Nick Liguori is the author of this three-part series, and also the book Echoes of Ararat . He has accumulated a body of evidence about disparate peoples having fragments of Genesis Flood memories handed down by their ancestors. There are many tribes of which most people have never heard, some were isolated from each other, but they had verbal traditions. (Something I should have mentioned before is the Walam Olum, the "Red Record" , a written document of the Delaware Indians that has many surprising parallels to the biblical accounts.) Now we can venture north, out of the continental U.S. Hamasaka, a Kwakiutl chief in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff—Qagyuhl (principal chief) Modified from Library of Congress / Edward S. Curtis , ca. November 1914 Crossing the border into Canada, these groups are even more widely separated and had even less c

Unbelievers spread boilerplate criticisms of the Bible among each other, acting as if they had smoking gun refutations available. It is common to have misotheists refer to the Bible as "fairy tales" and "myths written by bronze age goat herders", but those claims are nonsense. Honest, intelligent people may wonder if mockers have actually read fairy tales, myths, and the biblical account. It is not necessary to consult a literary scholar to see the differences. We have a couple of articles on the Genesis Flood to consider. Storyteller  by Anker Grossvater, 1884 / Source:  Wikimedia Commons A spell back, we looked at three articles regarding some marked similarities in Flood legends of the Americas . What was interesting is that while there were absurdities and changes added over time, many had basic points in common with the Bible. This indicates that the true story became legends told by descendants of Noah and the families of his sons. There are claims that the Ge

We have been pondering legends of the Great Flood in the New World, beginning in the area of the continental formerly United States in Part 1 , then we headed way up north in Part 2 . This time, we will turn around and go down Mexico way, and even further south. Nick Liguori is the author of the book  Echoes of Ararat , and also of this three-part series.  As stated previously, there are many cultures from antiquity that have Flood legends with many things in common despite the degradation of the stories over the centuries. Machu Picchu, Peru image credit: Pixabay /  Poswiecie I am once again asking you to consider the fact that the legends had notable similarities, especially that there was a deluge. Not death by army ants, tremendous winds, giants, fire from the sky, or other things. Water. Most of these were punishment for the wickedness of humanity, though some were because one of the "gods" was offended. Still, such diverse cultures that were widely separated had similar

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen A spell back, I came across an article by a supporter of the Intelligent Design movement regarding the possible religious views of Neanderthals. This was an article about another article which appeared in Psychology Today . Believers in particles-to-professor evolution desperately want Neanderthals to be transitions between humans and apelike critters. Instead, evidence continually shows that they were fully human. The fact that they shared their DNA with other humans is strong evidence for their humanity. Le Moustier Neanderthals, AMNH / Charles R. Knight , 1920 Neanderthals may be responsible for our sneezing from allergies , their hearing was like ours , the Y chromosome sure does look "modern," and more. Scientists have also looked for indications of less material aspects other than biology, paleontology, and anthropology. These include thinking and spirituality. Although some evolutionists insist on clinging to Neanderthals as a part of their sche